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Welcome from DA Heather Adams

Welcome to our virtual newsroom on the CRIMEWATCH Network. This site is designed to build collaboration between criminal justice groups and ...
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Lancaster County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force: 2025 in ...

District Attorney Heather Adams launched the Human Trafficking Task Force four years ago on January 11, recognized across the U.S. as Nation...
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Our Mission

The Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to achieving justice and protecting the safety of our community. We thorou...
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The Role of the District Attorney's Office

Have you ever wondered what the role of the District Attorney’s Office consists of, in addition to prosecuting criminal cases?District Att...
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Lancaster Safety Coalition pictures help convict Salisbury T...

Images from Lancaster Safety Coalition cameras showing a February knife attack helped convict a Salisbury Township man of the stabbing.Judge...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Lancaster Law Enfo...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Lancaster Law Enforcement series, which will begin Monday, January 9, 2023, ...
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Boys and Girls Club and Safety Coalition Among Six Organizat...

Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams has announced that six community-based drug and crimefighting programs in Lancaster County ...
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Lancaster County's C.A.S.E. Provides Multiple Resources in P...

Lancaster County’s C.A.S.E., or Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation, has a mission to engage the Lancaster County community in protecting...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Virtual Victims of...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Victims of Homicide Remembrance Quilt project on this National Day of Rememb...
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National Dog Week: Tresi, Courthouse Companion Dog, Makes A ...

Attending court proceedings can be stressful, especially for witnesses and victims.That’s where Tresi, Lancaster County District Attorneyâ...
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Image for Columbia teen, others charged in connection to shooting death of 17-year-old have cases proceed to county court
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Created Sep 2, 2026 / Updated Sep 17, 2026
A Columbia teenager charged with killing another teen while handling a firearm in a borough residence and three others charged with firearms and evidence tampering and hindering offenses will have their cases proceed to county court. Judge Miles Bixler ruled Sept. 1 that the c...
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Image for Columbia teen charged with stabbing man to death waives preliminary hearing
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Created Sep 8, 2026 / Updated Sep 16, 2026
A Columbia teenager charged with stabbing a man to death on a borough street will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing last week.  Joshua D. Flores, Jr., of the 600 block of Avenue G, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Miles...
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Image for Judge sentences city woman up to nine years in prison after being found guilty of smothering baby to death while high on cocaine
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Created Sep 2, 2026 / Updated Sep 15, 2026
A Lancaster County judge sentenced a city woman to three and a half to nine years in state prison after he found her guilty earlier this year of smothering her three-month-old son to death after she fell asleep while abusing cocaine. Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the sente...
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Image for Salisbury Township man sentenced up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting woman
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Created Aug 31, 2026 / Updated Sep 14, 2026
A Salisbury Township man was sentenced to four to eight years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman. Judge Merrill Spahn sentenced Jose Ramos-Gonzalez, 46, after he pleaded guilty Aug. 31 to two counts of sexual assault and three counts of inde...
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Image for Former Manheim Township High School teacher pleads guilty to sending nude photos to undercover police posing as juvenile, possessing child pornography
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Created Aug 31, 2026 / Updated Sep 11, 2026
A former Manheim Township High School teacher was sentenced to one year minus a day to two years minus a day in county jail and four years of probation after he pleaded guilty to hoarding dozens of images and videos of child pornography on his phone, all of which were found du...
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Image for Teen charged with firing gun in West Hempfield Township shootout, leading police on car chase waives preliminary hearing
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Created Aug 31, 2026 / Updated Sep 10, 2026
A teenager charged with opening fire on a group of people in a West Hempfield Township neighborhood, then leading police on a county-wide chase will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Anthony Marin Gonzalez, who has no fixed addr...
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Image for City man charged with raping 8-year-old in 1989 has case proceed to county court
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Created Aug 28, 2026 / Updated Sep 9, 2026
A Lancaster city man charged with raping a young girl decades ago will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing.  Judge John Bender ruled Aug. 27 that the case of William Larue, of the 300 block of Hand Avenue, could proceed to the Court of Co...
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Image for Philadelphia woman charged in drowning death of infant at Leacock Township hotel waives preliminary hearing
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Sep 8, 2026
A Philadelphia woman charged with causing the death of her five-month-old daughter when she drowned at a Leacock Township hotel will have her case proceed to county court after waiving her preliminary hearing.  Diontae Nicole Beckett, 25, waived her preliminary hearing be...
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Image for Lancaster city man sentenced up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing young girl
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Sep 8, 2026
A city man was sentenced to nine to 20 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl. Judge Merrill Spahn sentenced Eduardo Ramos Thomas, 42, after he pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to one count each of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault of ...
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Image for Lancaster Township man charged with attempting to shoot woman to death has case proceed to county court
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Sep 3, 2026
A Lancaster Township man charged with attempting to shoot a woman to death at a Columbia Borough intersection will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing.  Judge Miles Bixler ruled Aug. 17 that the case of Skyler Matthew Barr, of the 1000 bl...
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